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Thousands show support for abortion rights on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in solidarity with other events nationwide calling for safe and legal access to abortion. IMAGES
New York City, Oct 2 (EFE/EPA).- Women's rights organizations planned to hold 660 marches across the United States on Saturday in opposition to moves by Texas and other Republican-led states that could effectively put abortion out of reach for millions.What was expected to be the largest event took place in Washington, where thousands of women filled Freedom Square for a rally before making their way walking to the Supreme Court.Abortion has been legal throughout the US since 1973, the year the Supreme Court established a woman's right to choose with their ruling in Roe vs. Wade. (Camera: JUSTIN LANE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A RALLY FOR ABORTION JUSTICE IN FOLEY SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US.
Planned Parenthood files a lawsuit against the state of Indiana, saying a new state law restricting abortion is unconstitutional. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Poles take to the streets of Warsaw on International Women's Day to demand free access to contraceptives. Although pro-Western parties managed to oust the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government in October 2023 elections, women are voicing anger and frustration over delays in changing the laws on women's reproductive rights. The PiS's eight-year rule saw access to abortion, in-vitro fertilisation and emergency contraception tightened. IMAGES